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NASA Sets Launch Coverage Events for Mission to Jupiter

NASA's Juno spacecraft passes in front of Jupiter in this artist's depiction. Juno, the second mission in NASA's New Frontiers program, will improve our understanding of the solar system by advancing studies of the origin and evolution of Jupiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Full image and caption

The spacecraft is expected to arrive at Jupiter in 2016, on a mission to investigate the gas giant's
origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. Juno's color camera will provide close-up
images of Jupiter, including the first detailed views of the planets' poles.

A news conference will be held at the Kennedy News Center approximately 2.5 hours after launch,
and a news release will be issued as soon as Juno's condition is determined. Spokespersons will be
available for interviews.

On Aug. 5, NASA Television coverage of the launch will begin at 9 a.m. EDT (6 a.m. PDT) and
conclude after spacecraft separation from the Atlas V occurs approximately 53 minutes and 49
seconds after launch.

Audio only of the prelaunch news conference and the launch coverage will be carried on 321-867-
1220/1240/1260/7135. On launch day, mission audio of launch countdown activities, without
NASA TV commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135 starting at 7 a.m. EDT (4 a.m. PDT).
Launch audio also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz heard
within Brevard County.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Juno mission for the principal
investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Juno mission is part
of the New Frontiers Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Launch management for the mission
is the responsibility of NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.